Table 1 Prevalence of alcohol consumption and grams of ethanol per day, by socio-demographic characteristics

All

74,988

40,148(53.53)

278(0.37)

20,972(27.96)

13,600(18.13)

37.18 ± 40.13

25.53 ± 9.47

98.47 ± 51.77

Gender

χ² = 21,467.15

P = 0.000

 Men

34,567

9237(26.72)

198(0.57)

12,791(37.00)

12,341(35.70)

39.21 ± 40.78

24.82 ± 8.76

98.52 ± 51.80

 Women

40,431

30,911(76.45)

80(0.20)

8181(20.23)

1259(3.11)

15.81 ± 23.42

33.04 ± 12.83

90.41 ± 51.62

Region

74,998

40,148(53.53)

278(0.37)

20,972(27.96)

13,600(18.13)

χ² = 581.61

P = 0.000

 Urban

41,999

22,288(53.07)

147(0.35)

12,946(30.82)

6618(15.76)

36.05 ± 38.92

25.79 ± 9.63

98.90 ± 50.35

 Rural

32,999

17,860(54.12)

131(0.40)

8026(24.32)

6982(21.16)

38.23 ± 41.18

25.29 ± 9.32

98.11 ± 52.95

Age Group

χ² = 2790.18

P = 0.000

 25~

9958

4794(48.14)

46(0.46)

3979(39.96)

1139(11.44)

26.14 ± 32.44

20.61 ± 3.63

102.89 ± 49.22

 30~

8513

4087(48.01)

31(0.36)

3201(37.60)

1194(14.03)

30.11 ± 42.36

22.18 ± 4.26

104.00 ± 81.05

 35~

8292

4099(49.43)

13(0.16)

2876(34.68)

1304(15.73)

32.51 ± 37.69

23.12 ± 5.36

103.02 ± 50.20

 40~

6664

3412(51.20)

25(0.38)

2046(30.70)

1181(17.72)

32.50 ± 38.63

24.23 ± 6.73

98.06 ± 54.48

 45~

7098

3774(53.17)

25(0.35)

1941(27.35)

1358(19.13)

38.53 ± 38.32

25.07 ± 8.23

95.35 ± 41.01

 50~

9529

5035(52.84)

32(0.34)

2254(23.65)

2208(23.17)

41.18 ± 39.94

26.16 ± 9.00

97.54 ± 44.90

 55~

6887

3811(55.34)

25(0.36)

1476(21.43)

1575(22.87)

43.84 ± 43.72

26.39 ± 9.70

100.66 ± 50.84

 60~

18,057

11,136(61.67)

81(0.45)

3199(17.72)

3641(20.16)

39.93 ± 40.57

28.72 ± 12.56

96.49 ± 53.48

Education

χ² = 3219.11

P = 0.000

 illiteracy

1510

1127(74.64)

4(0.26)

159(10.53)

220(14.57)

39.91 ± 37.58

30.51 ± 14.20

93.61 ± 40.35

 Primary school

5856

3851(65.76)

31(0.53)

812(13.87)

1162(19.84)

40.72 ± 42.06

27.35 ± 12.07

97.77 ± 48.21

 Junior middle school

24,107

13,248(54.95)

91(0.38)

5257(21.81)

5511(22.86)

39.58 ± 40.20

26.0 ± 9.88

97.19 ± 49.09

 High school

18,281

9603(52.53)

65(0.36)

5107(27.94)

3506(19.18)

36.68 ± 40.38

24.95 ± 8.73

99.82 ± 53.97

 Graduate

22,577

11,158(49.42)

85(0.38)

8315(36.83)

3019(13.37)

30.22 ± 38.73

24.21 ± 7.53

101.33 ± 59.37

 Postgraduate

2667

1161(43.53)

2(0.07)

1322(49.57)

182(6.81)

23.65 ± 30.18

25.49 ± 7.20

93.66 ± 42.24

Annual household income

χ² = 1830.90

P = 0.000

  < 4000$

14,938

9082

74

2504

3278

43.29.21 ± 44.61

26.69 ± 10.83

100.45 ± 55.76

 4000$-20,000$

45,845

24,571

154

12,926

8194

36.81 ± 38.95

25.25 ± 9.17

96.93 ± 49.35

 20,000$-40,000$

12,083

5593

45

4619

1826

33.97 ± 39.81

24.78 ± 8.13

103.83 ± 55.29

  ≥ 40,000$

2132

902

5

923

302

38.45 ± 38.66

24.97 ± 7.53

91.43 ± 39.24

Occupation

χ² = 3859.61

P = 0.000

 Government Employee

8778

4160(47.39)

30(0.34)

3127(35.62)

1461(16.61)

36.18 ± 40.86

24.07 ± 6.88

101.38 ± 51.16

 Corporate Employee

12,156

6290(51.74)

54(0.44)

3376(27.77)

2436(20.04)

35.89 ± 40.32

24.37 ± 7.81

99.22 ± 57.23

 Teacher & Institute Employee

10,144

4667(46.01)

35(0.35)

4085(40.27)

1357(13.38)

29.57 ± 32.71

24.03 ± 6.92

95.02 ± 46.57

 Urban or rural worker

16,504

8362(50.67)

56(0.34)

4443(26.92)

3643(22.07)

36.03 ± 39.03

25.79 ± 9.89

96.39 ± 51.22

 Retiree

9487

5950(62.72)

31(0.33)

1953(20.59)

1553(16.37)

39.45 ± 40.41

29.03 ± 12.93

96.92 ± 55.28

 Other

17,929

10,719(59.79)

72(0.40)

3988(22.24)

3150(17.57)

41.98 ± 42.78

25.70 ± 9.60

100.22 ± 48.87